Max Richter – The Blue Notebooks
Tracklist
| 1 | The Blue Notebooks | 1:20 | |
| 2 | On The Nature Of Daylight | 6:11 | |
| 3 | Horizon Variations | 1:52 | |
| 4 | Shadow Journal | 8:22 | |
| 5 | Iconography | 3:38 | |
| 6 | Vladimir's Blues | 1:18 | |
| 7 | Arboretum | 2:53 | |
| 8 | Old Song | 2:11 | |
| 9 | Organum | 3:13 | |
| 10 | The Trees | 7:52 | |
| 11 | Written On The Sky | 1:39 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 130701
- Copyright © – Max Richter
- Published By – Mute Song Ltd.
- Recorded At – Eastcote Studios
- Recorded At – Hear No Evil Studio, London
- Mastered At – The Exchange
- Glass Mastered At – Sonopress – 50902512
Credits
- Cello – Philip Sheppard
- Layout – Alex Torrance
- Management – Jonathan Brigden
- Mastered By – Mandy Parnell
- Photography By – Paul Spencer (6)
- Piano – Max Richter
- Producer – Max Richter
- Read By [Reader] – Tilda Swindon*
- Recorded By – Steve Parr
- Text By [Text From 'The Blue Octavo Notebooks'] – Franz Kafka
- Text By [Texts From 'Hymn Of The Perl' And 'Unattainable Earth'] – Czeslaw Milosz*
- Translated By [Text From 'The Blue Octavo Notebooks'] – Ernst Kaiser
- Viola – John Metcalf*
- Violin – Natalia Bonner
- Written-By – Max Richter
Notes
Texts from 'Hymn of the Perl' and 'Unattainable Earth' by Czeslaw Milosz and 'The Blue Octavo Notebooks' by Franz Kafka, translated by Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins (Cambridge, MA: Exact Change, 1991).
Recorded at Eastcote by Philip Bagnel and Hear No Evil Studios by Steve Parr.
Mastered at The Exchange.
Published by Mute Song Ltd.
© Max Richter 2004
℗ 130701 Records 2004
Jewel case with clear tray, obi strip and 12-page booklet.
Recorded at Eastcote by Philip Bagnel and Hear No Evil Studios by Steve Parr.
Mastered at The Exchange.
Published by Mute Song Ltd.
© Max Richter 2004
℗ 130701 Records 2004
Jewel case with clear tray, obi strip and 12-page booklet.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text on obi strip): 6 00116 13042 6
- Barcode (Scanned): 600116130426
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): [Sonopress logo] 50902512/CD1304 01
- Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 0788
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): [Sonopress logo] 50902512/CD1304 01
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI LB 45
- Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0779
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): [Sonopress logo] 50902512/CD1304 01
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI LB 45
- Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 0781
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): [Sonopress logo] 50902512/CD1304 01
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI LB 45
- Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI 0755
Other Versions (5 of 24)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| The Blue Notebooks (CD, Album, Promo) | 130701 | CD 13-04P | UK | 2004 | |||
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The Blue Notebooks (CD, Album) | 130701 | CD13-04 | UK | 2004 | ||
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The Blue Notebooks (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Remastered, 180gm, DMM) | 130701 | LP13-04X | UK | 2008 | ||
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The Blue Notebooks (CD, Album) | 130701 | CD13-04 | US | 2009 | ||
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The Blue Notebooks (12×File, MP3, 320 kbps) | Deutsche Grammophon | none | UK, Europe & US | 2014 |
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Reviews
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Some of these releases (LP13-04X & 002894835016) are listed as remastered. Can anyone compare these to the original CD release? Is there really a mastering difference?
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Edited 20 years agoThis album is a perfect example of music that sounds oddly familiar yet intriguing at the same time. Throughout the album, a woman reads various ages from Kafka's "The Blue Octavo Notebooks." While it is tempting to classify this album as a concept album because of this narrative novelty, Richter is most concerned with getting to the climactic workings of successful Steve Reich and Philip Glass classical pieces. This is no negativism; in fact, Richter is more interested in their dramatic workings, which he employs perfectly with his personal touch of electronics (perhaps carried over from his previous production work with Roni Size or Future Sound of London), than the trademark destruction of composition of Reich and Glass. Because of this conservative approach, "The Blue Notebooks" has something for all music fans: electronic, classical, or rock-oriented music like Sigur Ros. Highly recommended.
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